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Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />NEW BUSINESS – 10B <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: March 25, 2019 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Julie Hanson, Clerk <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Amend Chapter 3, License and Regulations, Section 350, Tobacco Products and <br />Publish a Summary Ordinance <br /> <br /> Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br /> $ $ $ <br /> <br />Council Should Consider <br />Adopting Ordinance 2019-003 amending Chapter 3, License and Regulations, Section 350, <br />Tobacco Products and authorizing the publication of a Summary Ordinance. <br /> <br />Background <br />The City Council has previously discussed potential amendments to City Code, Chapter 3, <br />Section 350 relating to tobacco sales in the city. The Council provided the opportunity for formal <br />public input from the tobacco sales vendors at its October 15, 2018 work session, the general <br />public at a November 13, 2018 public hearing, as well as at a public hearing earlier this evening. <br />Over the past several months, the Council has also received comments and communications via <br />email from various parties. <br /> <br />Following City Council direction per the January 2019 work session, staff worked with the City <br />Attorney regarding proposed language amendments to Chapter 3, Section 350 that include <br />raising the age to purchase tobacco to 21 and regulating (banning) the sales of flavored products <br />(fruit, candy, gum, wintergreen, mint and menthol) in the city as a whole, including adult-only <br />tobacco establishments. <br /> <br />The current draft amendment (see Attachment A) was published on the City’s website 10 days <br />prior to the public hearing, per State statute. Should Council adopt the amendment as proposed, <br />a summary ordinance will be published in the next issue of the Shoreview-Arden Hills Bulletin. <br /> <br />Attachments <br />Attachment A: Ordinance 2019-003 (redline) <br />Attachment B: Ordinance 2019-003 (clean version) <br />Attachment C: Summary Ordinance 2019-003 <br />